Reductionism, as per definition, is the attempt to reduce subjects to their parts in an attempt to simplify the understanding of the whole. The opposite of holism. There is reductionism in cooking. Food reductionism, right, is a kind of puritanism. Cooking ingredients down, slowly, to get the essence of it. And that is what this […]
By BENGT NYMAN High resolution or long lens? This might seem like an odd question. However, it’s really not. For many purposes an 8MP image is enough resolution to convey the image. For magazine prints, 16MP can often do the job. For most applications 24MP are enough. Consequently, many photographers still label high resolution like […]
How many of us would really know Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara if it wasn’t for that one iconic portrait image made by Swiss Magnum photographer René Burri who passed away on October 20, 2014, in his hometown of Zurich after a battle with cancer. René Burri, who leaves an enormous legacy, was 81. May […]
The “Breaking Bad” of photography: National Geographic posts the antitheses to the rules of photography. Learn the rules of photography, then break them. Imagine everyone would apply the rule of thirds all the time… Making one’s own rules is one of photography’s beauties. Imagine it would be an exact science — we’d all look and […]
Leica Akademie announced Destinations in Focus, a first of its kind collaboration with Exclusive Resorts, “combining the inspirational and educational experience of a Leica Akademie workshop with five-star luxury.” In case you can afford it, the programs are kept small with only a handful attendees. In case you can’t attend, Forbes shares some tips from […]
It might be the most commented post ever on DP Review, and even Canon gets its fair share of malice and rancor on it’s own marketing platform. Not undeserved, Canon. Go figure why the world’s leader in digital imaging allows comments on a See Impossible: Beyond Photography, Director promotion video. A marketing campaign out of […]
+++ UPDATE: As I see it, the See Impossible campaign is a rebranding of Canon as a multi-tasking do-everything conglomerate… “Mission impossible” by Canon — Mixing marketing with wit and philosophy, not something you see everyday in the photography industry. Now Canon, world’s digital imaging leader, does exactly this with a new countdown campaign. Whatever […]
Here a few lines I’ve received from a friend, a longtime Photokina enthusiast who had this to say (we initially planned to meet up in Cologne for the world’s biggest photography industry exhibition, yet on short notice I had to commit to other obligations): Dear Daniel, You did not miss much by not going to […]
There is always a good eBay camera deal, just check back now and then:
Tonight, however, I am restless. I sit at the dining room table; rummage through the refrigerator. What am I looking for? All day long I’ve been scavenging, poking around in rooms and closets, peering at their things, studying them. I arrange my rolls of exposed film into long rows and count and recount them as […]
“Perfect understatement,” “perfectly understated” — do these marketing terms ring a bell? Leica M, right. The German boutique camera maker just announced the Leica M-A, a purely mechanical camera reduced to the essentials of photography with no monitor, no exposure meter, no battery. Alright, we have to bear with marketing phrases such as “the Leica […]
The photography world is in hyperactivity. It’s biennial Photokina time, lots of exciting announcements, just to mention the-wait-is-over Canon 7D Mark II (Amazon / B&H Photo / Adorama), world’s probably top APS-C camera. Photography sites and forums are flooded with enthusiasm, exasperation and bad blood, so let’s swim a bit against the tide of nonstop […]
Quite a beauty, the Olympus flagship OM-D E-M1 in silver. Available as body only for $1,399 (Amazon / B&H Photo / Adorama / Olympus U.S.) and $1,499 for the new 40-150mm F2.8 Pro lens (Amazon / B&H Photo / Adorama). That’s a serious price for some seriously fast long-range zoom with constant F2.8 aperture. I’d […]
Still too early to write off the DSLR world, isn’t it, especially the DSLR full-frame or FX world or whatever you want to call the digital equivalent to film’s 35mm standard. Who would have thought a few years ago, when smaller mirrorless Micro Four Thirds and APS-C formats were making serious inroads, who would have […]
This is not only a videographer’s dream come true. Aside from its rather daunting price — $729 for the new SanDisk 512GB Extreme PRO® SDHC/SDXC™ UHS-I — this new highest capacity card offers 90MB/s write speeds for ultimate boost-mode performance, it also has near infinite capacity for uninterrupted video capture at super fast UHS Speed […]
Am in the market for an upgrade to my trusty old iPhone 3GS — right, not the latest piece of hardware, but still does what it’s expected to do. Android and Microsoft smartphone hardware is pretty amazing these days, just to mention the PureView technology the latter got from Nokia and the more innovative Google […]
Currently traveling. Bear with me, apologies for not updating THEME too often these days. Vienna next, slowly filling up storage space… and, well, the occasional bottle of red…
Good glass, even better prices — a new Canon promotion drops the prices on nearly two dozen select L lenses:
The not so glamorous life, it should say, of a National Geographic photographer. Looking closely at things most people don’t see can be a hazardous job. Being deeply passionate about photography can be a dangerous thing. You might know from own experience what it took to get that shot you’ll always remember. Maybe you had […]
Don’t want to turn into a moralizer, but here we go. To paraphrase a famous quote, “Ask not what your camera can do for you, but what you can do with your camera.” The difference at stake is whether you use your camera like a photographer, more like a scientist or — worst case — […]
Much has been said and written about photography’s probably most quoted quote, “The best camera is the one that’s with you.” Or is it? This quote is a great equalizer. The image doesn’t matter. The quality of the image doesn’t matter. What matters is that a picture is taken at all cost. Shaky, blurry, highlights, […]
You heard it, after long months of rumors Apple is poised to launch its high-tech iWatch. We don’t know when, expected release date is Q3. But it will come. And as in the past, before the launch of the iPhone, when then smartphone leader Palm ridiculed Apple’s phone advances, the watch industry doesn’t consider Apple […]
Ever had the feeling that being busy capturing life’s most beautiful moments one is doing the opposite, namely missing life’s most beautiful moments? Right, a photograph keeps a moment for eternity. Or so my wife always says when snapping every bit of food in a restaurant. Just don’t tag me again! Too late… Obviously camera-shy […]
Deal of the day only, limited supply only: HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional LED Backlit 24″ IPS LCD Monitor (Carbonite) Regular price: $2,299 Savings: $1,670 Final price: $629 Details here.
Who doesn’t want to own a Leica. Their optics are unmatched, yet the technology, well, you can’t shoot ISO 25,800 with a Leica, can you. They just don’t have the sensors for that. Now here’s an anecdote I got from a reliable source; an anecdote that makes complete sense without knowing whether it’s true or […]
Could as well write: professionals never use Micro Four Thirds. There’s a lot of misinformation wandering around the business of technology. Fact is, as we all know, Micro Four Thirds, the pioneer of a truly digital imaging system, has grown into a formidable contender. Be it stills or video, only the practiced eye can tell […]
Save up to $200 on versatile, high-performance Sony lenses. Click here and navigate to >> Digital Cameras >> Lenses. BTW, the lenses page has a pretty nifty tool, allowing a marker position to change focal length and aperture. The tool will highlight which of Sony’s lenses can achieve that focal length and aperture.
Street View, that’s so yesterday. Next in line thanks to ever better technology and courageous people: mountain view a.k.a. #Project360, a 360° virtual ascent of Mount Eiger. Two Swiss climbers and a support team follow the original 1938 Heckmair route on the “Nordwand” (north face) of the famous mountain that since 1935 has claimed the […]
Can it get any worse? Another huge loss and forecast drop for Nikon, the camera industry’s number two whose authority no one would have questioned only a few years ago. From the latest financial report for Q1, 2014: Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2014, decreased by 61,536 million yen (25.7%) year-on-year […]
